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The Voice of Illinois Real EstateSat, 21 Feb 2015 01:31:26 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1Comment on New Wisconsin law could affect IAR members? by Wayne Walusiakhttp://www.iarbuzz.com/2015/02/wisconsin-law-affect-iar-members/comment-page-1/#comment-46954
Wayne WalusiakSat, 21 Feb 2015 01:31:26 +0000http://www.iarbuzz.com/?p=24137#comment-46954If WI wants to deny coop and commission sharing agreements except 'on a case-by-case basis' then we need to take legal steps to assure we are compensated for our referrals. If this is the case, we should make sure we pass legislation ASAP that reflects the same 'cooperative' situation from Wisconsin to Illinois.
Wisconsin likes to have their cake and eat it too - including ours!
I ask our Board and Managing Brokers to jump on this asap.If WI wants to deny coop and commission sharing agreements except ‘on a case-by-case basis’ then we need to take legal steps to assure we are compensated for our referrals. If this is the case, we should make sure we pass legislation ASAP that reflects the same ‘cooperative’ situation from Wisconsin to Illinois.
Wisconsin likes to have their cake and eat it too – including ours!
I ask our Board and Managing Brokers to jump on this asap.
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JoshuaThu, 19 Feb 2015 17:12:32 +0000http://www.iarbuzz.com/?p=24040#comment-46920I hope they renew the Welcome Home Heroes program, National Guard Soldiers and Airmen often don't qualify for the VA loan if they've never been deployed. Standard time in service must reach 6 years in the GuardI hope they renew the Welcome Home Heroes program, National Guard Soldiers and Airmen often don’t qualify for the VA loan if they’ve never been deployed. Standard time in service must reach 6 years in the Guard
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Sheila KraemerTue, 17 Feb 2015 01:23:36 +0000http://www.iarbuzz.com/?p=23611#comment-46860The report is right on. As a 77 year old Realtor who has been active in the profession for many years, I am STILL selling real estate for the simple reason that if I stop I will have to rely on social security amounting to less than $1400 per month for my main source of income, supplemented by my savings. I would run out of savings in fewer years than I hope to live, even if I remain healthy and active and the house needs no emergency repairs. Like most seniors, I want to stay in my home as long as possible. I am within $6000 of owning my home free and clear, and the property tax obligation is less than the cost of any form of senior housing, so staying here makes sense. I am aware of the market value of my home, and a reverse mortgage would not be much help - though I might consider it if I reach 85 or become incapacitated. What would help seniors most? Totally free medicare and prescriptions, with no premium costs or co-pays for those below the average income of their community or the nation (using average income, not poverty level, as the eligibility yardstick.) Minibus pick up services to bring seniors where they need to go and back home at minimal cost, if they don't have a driver's license or a car. Waiting in the cold or heat for bus service doesn't work. Most bus stops require walking to reach and don't have shelter or benches. Cabs are too expensive. ALL new construction mandated to be handicapped accessible or able to be converted to such with ease. Wider halls, doorways, staircases. Door handles instead of knobs everywhere. About ten years ago I broke an ankle and needed to use a wheelchair. I found public places handicap accessible but doors too difficult to open without help - usually too heavy. Need a re-definition of accessibility. There is a need for several kinds of charitable organizations to help with home modification at low or no cost for seniors. A re-definition of "senior citizen." To me it doesn't apply to anyone not yet medicare eligible. People in their 50's today are as healthy and capable as those in their 30's and 40's a hundred years ago. Life expectancy has increased dramatically since then. Baby boomers and seniors are a good market, but not for the same reason. More baby boomers find the need to care for their senior parents and opt to do so in their own home. Finding them a new home with a main floor suite their parents can occupy, or that has stairways wide enough to accommodate a chair rail is a challenge, but rewarding when it happens. Active seniors prefer to trade their two story homes for one-level living, but I find many still want a small yard to putter in rather than a condo. Perhaps more senior only communities with single family homes or duplexes that offer snow removal and grass cutting plus a club house for socialization is an answer. They are found in retirement communities, but not so much in other parts of the country; certainly not where I live and work. This is for starters, a view through the eyes of a true senior and Realtor. As for me, I have no plans to retire any time soon, or leave my home. I am senior chronologically only and God willing will stay that way for a long time to come.The report is right on. As a 77 year old Realtor who has been active in the profession for many years, I am STILL selling real estate for the simple reason that if I stop I will have to rely on social security amounting to less than $1400 per month for my main source of income, supplemented by my savings. I would run out of savings in fewer years than I hope to live, even if I remain healthy and active and the house needs no emergency repairs. Like most seniors, I want to stay in my home as long as possible. I am within $6000 of owning my home free and clear, and the property tax obligation is less than the cost of any form of senior housing, so staying here makes sense. I am aware of the market value of my home, and a reverse mortgage would not be much help – though I might consider it if I reach 85 or become incapacitated. What would help seniors most? Totally free medicare and prescriptions, with no premium costs or co-pays for those below the average income of their community or the nation (using average income, not poverty level, as the eligibility yardstick.) Minibus pick up services to bring seniors where they need to go and back home at minimal cost, if they don’t have a driver’s license or a car. Waiting in the cold or heat for bus service doesn’t work. Most bus stops require walking to reach and don’t have shelter or benches. Cabs are too expensive. ALL new construction mandated to be handicapped accessible or able to be converted to such with ease. Wider halls, doorways, staircases. Door handles instead of knobs everywhere. About ten years ago I broke an ankle and needed to use a wheelchair. I found public places handicap accessible but doors too difficult to open without help – usually too heavy. Need a re-definition of accessibility. There is a need for several kinds of charitable organizations to help with home modification at low or no cost for seniors. A re-definition of “senior citizen.” To me it doesn’t apply to anyone not yet medicare eligible. People in their 50′s today are as healthy and capable as those in their 30′s and 40′s a hundred years ago. Life expectancy has increased dramatically since then. Baby boomers and seniors are a good market, but not for the same reason. More baby boomers find the need to care for their senior parents and opt to do so in their own home. Finding them a new home with a main floor suite their parents can occupy, or that has stairways wide enough to accommodate a chair rail is a challenge, but rewarding when it happens. Active seniors prefer to trade their two story homes for one-level living, but I find many still want a small yard to putter in rather than a condo. Perhaps more senior only communities with single family homes or duplexes that offer snow removal and grass cutting plus a club house for socialization is an answer. They are found in retirement communities, but not so much in other parts of the country; certainly not where I live and work. This is for starters, a view through the eyes of a true senior and Realtor. As for me, I have no plans to retire any time soon, or leave my home. I am senior chronologically only and God willing will stay that way for a long time to come.
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Bettye ReynoldsFri, 16 Jan 2015 15:35:06 +0000http://www.iarbuzz.com/?p=23002#comment-45481Very informative update and should be shared in all Jan, 2015 office meetings.
Thanks.
Bettye Reynolds/F. J. Williams RealtyVery informative update and should be shared in all Jan, 2015 office meetings.
Thanks.
Bettye Reynolds/F. J. Williams Realty
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Sharon GorrellMon, 22 Dec 2014 16:25:08 +0000http://www.iarbuzz.com/?p=23095#comment-42084This is great news! Great work Howard!This is great news! Great work Howard!
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Kitty VancinaThu, 11 Dec 2014 04:40:11 +0000http://www.iarbuzz.com/?p=22966#comment-40049I've known Chuck since way back in our ERA days. What a great guy...liked by everyone who met him. He will be missed. My condolences to his family.I’ve known Chuck since way back in our ERA days. What a great guy…liked by everyone who met him. He will be missed. My condolences to his family.
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Joe HardinWed, 10 Dec 2014 17:31:58 +0000http://www.iarbuzz.com/?p=22966#comment-39976I am so sorry to hear this news, but so happy to have known Chuck. He was always willing to offer advice and support. He will be missed.I am so sorry to hear this news, but so happy to have known Chuck. He was always willing to offer advice and support. He will be missed.
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Tony SavianoWed, 10 Dec 2014 16:18:17 +0000http://www.iarbuzz.com/?p=22966#comment-39971I absolutely loved his sense of humor. I served with Chuck on many committees and truly looked forward to banter back and forth with him.
He will be sorely missed. He certainly left his mark on the industry.
His family is in our prayersI absolutely loved his sense of humor. I served with Chuck on many committees and truly looked forward to banter back and forth with him.
He will be sorely missed. He certainly left his mark on the industry.
His family is in our prayers
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